First of all I should probably apologise for taking so long to write a blog post. I have been really busy with school and it is definitely more difficult when you don't have electricity for over 2 months.... (thankfully we have it back now). Lots has happened since I last wrote a blog but I'm going to keep it as short as possible, so here it goes. We had to go out of the country to renew our visas, so at the start of December we took a trip to Rwanda. It is m...

Firstly, apologies for the length of time it has taken me to write another blog post. My only excuse is that the heat makes me tire more quickly….possibly…. I have been very busy since the last blog so this may also turn into a medium length novel. We now have a new house mate who is here till Christmas. Áine (which for those who do not come from Ireland, is pronounced On-yah) is really nice and has fitted into our little group very...

After a long journey we finally arrived in Entebbe, Uganda in the early hours of Monday so after getting our entry visas and collecting our baggage we went to a backpackers for the first night. The next day we made the 40 minute journey to our representative Ian's house in a suburb of Kampala. The girls stayed in a guest house just across the road whilst the boys stayed in Ian's house. Over the next two days we got to know Ian and a Ugandan that works with Ian ...